CPs resulting from nuclear war
Steve Klitzing (stevek@informix.com)
Fri, 15 Mar 1996 09:52:57 -0800
I have a possible hypothesis for CP evolution. Suppose, as some noted
scientists do, that humankind has reached a high level of civilization many
times only to be destroyed by nuclear war. Suppose then, that the earth was
devastated each time. Plants, with the help of radiation, would be forced
to adapt to a barren, destroyed world with poor levels of nitrogen, and thus
have to trap insects for food. With the help of radiation, causing
unnatural gene mutation, many different plants could have rapidly evolved
into CPs. Even if no nuclear wars took place, astronmical phenomena could
have irradiated the world with irridium, wiping out the dinosaurs, and
causing extensive plant mutation.
After Hiroshima, many local plants came back as bizarre mutations. This
would explain VFTs and their cousins. If you look at VFTs, they remind you
a lot of dandelions. Is it possible that VFTs actually evolved from a
dandelion type of plant cousin?
---Steve